Pebbling the Chessboard
It’s amazing how often sequences and series pop up in problem solving. In this deceptively challenging problem three discs are placed on a chessboard in a bounded region. The task is to move the pieces out of this region with the only complication being that pieces double when moved. After you’ve...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pebbling-the-chessboard
Calculations at the Crazy Cookie Company
Performing matrix multiplication for the first time, students are prompted to use reasoning skills to determine if matrix products are possible for given pairs of matrices. The tutorial leads them through matrix product operations to find rules for matrix multiplication and predicting dimensions ...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/calculations-at-the-crazy-cookie-company
Going for Gold: 5 Sports-Themed Activities to Engage Your Students
... that, even though the runner is moving extremely fast, they are actually slowing down. Image courtesy of WENN Ltd / Alamy, found at Quantamagazine. 4. So Who’s the Shark? Let’s take the speed exploration to the water. Take a list of all the past gold medal winners in the 100-meter...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/goingforgold
Girl Scouts + Texas Instruments = A Winning Equation
...p students achieve in math and science. The girls in my troop really enjoy the STEM and coding activities, which got me thinking recently, “How can I combine my work experience with my passion for Girl Scouts?” This is my Girl Scout troop, Dublin Troop 408, on a zip line adventure in Col...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/girlscoutsloanprogram
To STEM and Beyond!
...0 and proposed a full-blown programming/robotics course. Here’s where it gets really good: A pandemic plus a new hands-on course? Was I absolutely crazy? Figure 1: Students learn how to code music from sheet music. This music is played on the TI-Innovator™ Hub using Python programming...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/stemday
Computer Science Comes to Life With TI Technology | TI
...students after summer vacation. Not my students. These students were laughing, building connections to others in class, and engaged until the bell. AMAZING! How are the activities structured? In activity 1, my students explored basic coding concepts. Students learned through expla...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2022/computer-science-resources-with-ti-technology
You Can Teach an Old Snake New Tricks: Computer Science on the TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator
...tion (if) statements. A great activity for AP® Computer Science Principles students is to physically check multiple-choice items. Make a life-size maze on butcher paper. Give students four different Python coding options to complete the maze. Have students code their solution choice, then verif...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/pythoncomputerscience
In Honor of National Chemistry Week, 5 “Organic” Ways to Incorporate TI Technology Into Chemistry Class
... favorite ways to incorporate TI technology into your chemistry classroom. Data collection The TI-Nspire™ CX or CX II graphing calculator is an amazing tool that can be used in partnership with a Vernier sensor or probe. The Vernier DataQuest™ App for TI-Nspire™ technology is built right into...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/chemistryweek
Amazing Appetites
Students learn to count and solve original word problems. They learn to add by combining sets and subtract when removing the set. They use manipulatives to reflect the reasoning used in problem solving.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/amazing-appetites
35 Years of T³™ Mentorship and Community | Texas Instruments
...r a wife or father.” Micro:bits and Rovers are popular additions to Thibodeaux’s robotics classroom. Students create mazes for each other to navigate. Color blocks signal directions to the Rover. Being a T³™ instructor has also empowered Thibodeaux to gro...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/35-years-t3-community-teacher-leader
Women Who Code: A TI Intern’s STEM Journey | Texas Instruments
...ith everything going toward technology … high schools are not really supporting that. Even with my internship, I’ve seen that you need coding. It’s crazy to think that I only got exposure to it three years ago.” She mentioned that even if a degree sounds terrifying — whether it be electrical, com...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/women-who-code-ti-intern-stem-journey
Solutions To Keep Your Students Learning All Summer | TI
...nts may even be able to lead some simple activities at a local library — a great opportunity to learn through teaching others and to give back to the community through potential volunteer work. Try the following activities: “Egg in a Bottle” “Breaking Board Paradox” “Disappearing Cups” “...https://education.ti.com/en/bulletinboard/2023/keep-students-learning-all-summer
It's All About Food Activity
This is a follow up activity to You Are What You Eat where students are comparing estimated calories versus actual calories and making conjectures based on their scatterplot graphs.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/its-all-about-food-activity
Write a Program to do Piecewise Functions
A fun activity to help students learn how to graph a piecewise function and learn how to write a BASIC program. Gives a sense of Accomplishment.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/write-a-program-to-do-piecewise-functions
Activity Center Golf Course
There are nine activity settings. Each one is a different hole of golf. Each setting contains a background photograph of a golf course with a white ball and a hole with a numbered flag coming out of it. Students must submit the equation of the line that connects the golf ball to the hole. The cor...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/activity-center-golf-course
Using Technology To Close Learning Gaps| Texas Instruments
...ntly bridge these gaps? We will model strategies using technology to close the gaps through active engagement and feedback. Download documents RrLGPAZoGyM Presenters: Linda Antinone T³™ National Instructor Fort Worth, Texas Veronica Meeks T³™ Nat...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars/2023/sept-30-2023-virtual-t3ic-so-man-gaps-so-little-time
Math + Physics = A Gold Medal Combination
Math + Physics = A Gold Medal Combination webinars website T³™ Professional Development | For Teachers and Teams | Online Learning | Live T³™ Webinars When: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 | 7 p.m...https://education.ti.com/en/t3-professional-development/for-teachers-and-teams/online-learning/on-demand-webinars/2021/july-27-2021-math-physics-a-gold-medal-combination
Pendulum Swing – Part 1
Students use a motion detector (CBR) and pendulum (fishing float) to collect data for the motion of a pendulum. The quality of the data never ceases to amaze students and teachers. Students align practical knowledge, logic and familiarity with the various parameters to transform a basic trigono...https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/pendulum-swing--part-1
The Park Problem
The goal of this activity is for students to see a real world application of a minimization problem. Students have to determine where to place a track inside a park to minimize the total distance of the track in Lazy Town.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-park-problem
The Amazing Race: Algebra Edition
This is a full lesson, and the guided practice section utilizes the Navigator system. The independent practice is the game The Amazing Race (explained in the PDF).https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/the-amazing-race--algebra-edition
Phoenix Chase
In this activity, students will design their own track and investigate the expected speeds and g-forces for the design.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/phoenix-chase
New Hampshire Chase Activity
In this activity, students will investigate lap times to predict who will win the race.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/new-hampshire-chase-activity
It's Just a Lunar Phase
In this lesson, students will study the cycle of lunar phases.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/its-just-a-lunar-phase
Solving Stoichiometry Problems
In this lesson, students explore three combustion reactions to develop skills necessary to solve stoichiometric problems.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/solving-stoichiometry-problems
Common Molecules
Students use StudyCards(tm) to practice matching compounds with their chemical formulas.https://education.ti.com/en/activity/detail/common-molecules